1986: Year of the Fire Tiger
Chinese Zodiac
If you were born in 1986 on or after February 9, 1986, your Chinese zodiac sign is the Fire Tiger. People born before February 9, 1986 in 1986 belong to the prior zodiac year. Fire Tigers tend to be bold, competitive, confident, courageous.
Animal
🐅 Tiger
Element
Fire
Traits
Bold, competitive, confident, courageous
Compatibility
Best with Dragon, Horse, Pig. Challenging with Monkey.
The Tiger
The Tiger is the most magnetic animal in the Chinese zodiac... a natural leader whose confidence and courage command attention without asking for it. Tiger energy is bold, competitive, and driven by a deep need to protect what it loves and conquer what stands in its way. In Chinese culture, the Tiger is the king of all animals and a symbol of power, bravery, and the ability to ward off evil. People born in Tiger years tend to be passionate and driven... they approach life as a series of challenges to be met head-on, and their enthusiasm is genuinely contagious. The shadow side of Tiger energy is impulsiveness and a tendency to dominate... the same fire that inspires can also burn. Tigers are most fulfilled when their courage serves something larger than their ego... when they fight for others rather than just for themselves.
The Fire Tiger
Fire on the Tiger is a doubling, and it produces the most magnetic creature in the entire cycle. The Tiger is already fire ... add the element and you get pure charisma, the leader the room organizes itself around without being asked. The Fire Tiger is bold past the point most people can sustain, electric, impossible to look away from, and when that energy is aimed well it inspires whole rooms to be braver than they are. This is the Tiger as a natural force. You trust it the way you trust a bonfire ... gratefully, and from a sensible distance. The shadow is also the doubling. Two measures of fire on the zodiac's most domineering animal is a great deal of heat with very little governor on it. The Fire Tiger can tip from inspiring into overpowering, leadership into domination, courage into the reckless need to win every exchange ... and Fire's tax always comes due, so it burns itself down in public, spectacularly, on schedule. The same flame that makes the Fire Tiger a magnet makes it exhausting to stand near for long. The room loves the blaze. The room also, quietly, learns to watch its own eyebrows.
When does this year start?
The Chinese New Year began on February 9, 1986, and this zodiac year ran through January 28, 1987. If you were born before February 9, 1986, your Chinese zodiac sign is the Wood Ox — not the Fire Tiger.
Famous people born in 1986
All carry the Fire Tiger signature in their Chinese zodiac.
Discover what the rest of your chart reveals
Your Chinese zodiac is just the beginning... generate your full Western birth chart for a complete picture.
Create Your Free Chart